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    Is this chick stuck?

    I’m on day 21 and have an egg that pipped 14 hours ago. I’m concerned because it’s beak seems to be “stuck” in its pip hole with no progress. It has not retracted it, but I see movement and hear chirps so it’s still alive. It seems to be pipped away from the drawn down air cell if that makes a...
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL - Contest #3: Cutest Baby Fowl - Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    My son loves our new baby chicks hatched at Easter.
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL - Contest #3: Cutest Baby Fowl - Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    This is my daughter with our 5 day old chicks that we just hatched on Easter.
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    Help! Day 25 and no pip, made safely hole, now what?

    It was #14 which was just one gram less than the chick that didn’t make it (#1)
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    Help! Day 25 and no pip, made safely hole, now what?

    It was the same size of many of the other chicken eggs! In fact, the other egg that quit full term was exactly the same size and shape, I thought for sure they were the same breed.
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    Help! Day 25 and no pip, made safely hole, now what?

    I decided to try to find the beak to give her an air hole since she was moving less. It didn’t go well. She completely stopped moving as I searched for the beak, and when I opened it up completely.... I found out it was a duck! The poor thing was probably developing right on schedule and I feel...
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    Help! Day 25 and no pip, made safely hole, now what?

    I decided to open up the air hole to find the beak but I don’t see any sign of it.is this a malpositioned chick? Should I start peeling back to shell to find the beak?
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    Help! Day 25 and no pip, made safely hole, now what?

    I am incubating eggs for the first time and could really use your advice on what to do. I have a viable egg left in the incubator (candling shows movement, veining and air cell drawn down) at day 25. I made a safety hole and could see no internal pip and the internal membrane was white and dry...
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    First Time Hatcher

    Here is the updated eggs tonight at lockdown
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    First Time Hatcher

    I am a first time hatcher and I’m so excited to have chickens again! We used to have 8-12 backyard chickens for about 6 years until a neighbors dog got in and killed our chickens and destroyed the coop. That was about 4 years ago. Now that we are quarantined at home, we’ve had some time to fix...
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    Ended 11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020 - Contest #10: Guess How Many Will Hatch!

    1528
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    11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

    Is it too late to join in? I saw this thread as I was searching for info on my FIRST ever hatching! I just happened to set my eggs on March 21st so hatch day is April 11th! I’ve never done this so it’s all an experiment. I got 16 eggs shipped (unknown breeds), and after a spectacular fail with...
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